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Show WIRE MESH GOOD FOR ROADS British Army in Egypt Used Chicken. H Wire In Building Temporary H Routes in Sand. H Tht British army lu Egypt has M bscd chicken-wire In the construction H Of roads. H Loose sand was smoothed and tor- led and then covered with chicken- H wire, which was firmly pegged down. H Tho passage of troops or motor H transports seemed to affect the road M very little, while the passage of aui- M mal-drawu vehicles damaged thu ini- M provlscd road badly. However, It was M possible to make repairs quickly amf M the roud was easily kept lu good con- .H dltlon. H Of course this wire-mesh road was H purely a temporary expedient for the M military. The old Romans still hold M the palm us the champion road-mak- M ers of the world. Many a foundation M of the roads they made Is still lu use M In Europe, tlie surface alone being H modern. M |